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Laura Heslop collected personal narratives on the quirks and considerations of Mormon weddings. Included are stories of when women should receive their endowments, when it is appropriate to take off garments after marriage, and stereotypes of Mormon wedding receptions.

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Submitted by BYU student Ronald Olsen for his Fall 1988 English 392 class. About the Colorado City community that openly practices polygamy, and their reasons for why they do it. Contains a cover essay, autobiographial sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include theological, apparel, architerure, courship and marriage, and other customs of the Colorado City polygamists.

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Submitted by BYU student Pat Salsbury for her Fall 1982 English 391 class. About people's experiences of the Great Depression in the 1930s. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informant, and informant items. Items include folksongs from the Depression, folk sayings, folk recipes, folk bartering, folk pattern, and folk beliefs.

Scope and Contents note Discusses the first kiss within the context of gender roles, Latter-day Saint culture, and age and setting. Mentions his findings that generally men experience their first kiss at a younger age than women. Explains that some Latter-day Saints postpone kissing due to cultural limits on physical intimacy. Describes the usual setting for the first kiss as in a secluded place, usually in the evening. Mentions reactions to first kisses - laughing, embarrassment, excitement, etc. Describes the...

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Ward examined conversion narratives of people who converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to determine their importance in the Mormon community. Included are narratives told for the purpose of uplifting both the teller and the listener, and as reminders to Mormons about what is most important in their lives. The project was written for Dr. Eliason's English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University in 1997.

Scope and Contents Submitted by BYU student Donald Smuthwaite for his Winter 1977 English 392 class. About the Mormon practice of obtaining food storage, and peripatetic prophets and various stories and folktales relating to them. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include the elevator stories, such as a disrubing date, in the Hotel Utah, A group, on the elevator, thousands ofd ollars, in the 127th branch, some guy, and then the prophet's warning...

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Submitted by BYU student Abigail McBride for her Honors 220 fall course for Dr. Dennis Cutchins. Contains cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and contributor interviews. About how a hospital responded to COVID-19. This interview particularly focuses on safety regulations and their effects upon patient care.

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Submitted by BYU student Greg Patterson for his Fall 1972 English 391 class under Dr. William A. Wilson. About the petroglyphs and pictographs in the Emery and Ferron area, and the descriptions of the pictures, done mostly for preservation reasons. Includes a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and collected pictures. Pictures include the various petroglyphs, from simple designs to extensive scenes.

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Submitted by BYU student Robert George for her English 392 winter course for Dr. Eric Eliason. Contains cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and contributor interviews. About a Lone Peak Highschool legend of a phantom who defecates without flushing. Includes several interviews with Lone Peak Highschool graduates.

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Pluim collected folklore surrounding his family, the Howard and Margie Pluim family. Included are family traditions of dancing to movie credits, saying dramatic goodbyes to family members as if they are rockstars, and intense playing of the board game RISK. Project was collected for an English 391 class taught by Dr. Eliason in 2011 at Brigham Young University.